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50 Heller Lilienfeld, Blue issue
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld (Market Town of Lilienfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain off-white ground printed entirely in blue letterpress. The heading 'II. Auflage.' (Second Issue) is centred at the top in bold type, followed by the large title legend 'Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld' in two lines. Below, a justified paragraph of smaller text sets out the redemption conditions based on the council resolution of 30 April 1920, specifying that vouchers up to a total of 30,000 Kronen would be redeemed from a dedicated reserve fund in legal tender between 20 and 31 December 1920, with a possible extension to be publicly announced no later than 20 December 1920. |
| Reverse lettering | II. Auflage. Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld Auf Grund des Sitzungsbeschlusses vom 30. April 1920 erfolgt die Einlösung der bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage vom 30 000 Kronen ausgegebenen Gutscheine aus der hiefür eigens bestellten Deckungsrücklage in gesetzlichem Bargelde in der Zeit vom 20. bis 31. Dezember 1920. Gegebenenfalls kann eine Verlängerung der Umlaufszeit, welche bis längstens 20. Dezember 1920 öffentlich verlautbart wird, erfolgen. |
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Lilienfeld's blue-tinted 50 Heller notgeld belongs to the second wave of Austrian municipal emergency currency, issued after the postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left ordinary commerce unable to function for lack of small change. The Marktgemeinde — a market town rather than a full city — had neither the financial apparatus nor the printing resources of the larger Austrian municipalities, and local notgeld issues at this administrative level were typically produced in short runs by regional printers.
The "II" designation in the Jaksch reference distinguishes this from an earlier Lilienfeld emission, suggesting the town returned to notgeld production as inflation continued to erode coin circulation well into 1920.